首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most Amer
The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most Amer
admin
2010-07-06
27
问题
The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, particularly first marriages 【21】______ young couples, are the result of 【22】______ attraction and affection 【23】______ than practical considerations.
In the United States parents do not arrange marriages for their children. Teenagers begin 【24】______ in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social 【25】______ . Though
young people feel 【26】______ to choose their friends from 【27】______ groups, most choose a mate of similar background. This is 【28】______ in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot select spouses for their children, but they can usually 【29】______ choices by 【30】______ disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.
【31】______ marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are increasing, probably because of the greater 【32】______ of today’s youth and the face that they are restricted by 【33】______ prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their home towns to attend college, 【34】______ in the armed forces, 【35】______ pursue a career in a bigger city. Once a- way from home and family, they are more 【36】______ to date and marry outside their own social group. In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither 【37】______ nor shocking. Interfaith marriages are 【38】______ be the rise particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand, interracial marriage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, andc 【39】______ a family. Marriages between people of different national 【40】______ (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial times.
【36】
选项
A、probable
B、likely
C、reluctant
D、readily
答案
B
解析
be likely to 表示“很可能”的意思。根据句意指:他们很可能在他们的圈外来选择人约会、结婚。其他三项均不具有此种搭配。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ynDd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Amongtheraftofbooks,articles,jokes,romanticcomedies,self-helpguidesandotherwritingsdiscussingmarriage,somefamil
YouwillhearaspeechbyIvoJupa,whomadeuseofshortmessageservicetoraisemoneyforcharity.Asyoulisten,answerthe
ThefollowingisaninterviewwithEmmaRichards,oneofBritain’smostsuccessfulsailorsandtheyoungestpersontocompletet
Inpopulardiscussionsofemissions-rightstradingsystems,itiscommontomistakethesmokestacksforthetrees.Forexample,
Aslongasherparentscanremember,13-year-oldKatieHarthasbeentalkingaboutgoingtocollege.Hermother,Tally,afinanc
Whenitcomestotheslowingeconomy,EllenSperoisn’tbitinghernailsjustyet.Butthe47-year-oldmanicuristisn’tcutti
Thethreatofdiseasessuchasinfluenzaortuberculosisre-emerginginvirulentformhasbeenacommonthemeinrecentyears.T
Parentsnowhaveapopularbeliefthatschoolsarenolongerinterestedinspelling.NoschoolIhavetaughtinhaseverignored
What’sthemaintopicofthemonologue?
Wheredoesthismonologuetakeplace?
随机试题
Everyonetriedtofindananswertotheproblem,but______ofthemcoulddoit.
化学结构如下的药物是
下列选项中,不属于发包人应当承担的赔偿损失的是()
下图为我国援建某国的港口工程,该港区的波浪玫瑰图各方向频率的径向长度比见图示,如下表所列:问题:NNW向波高≥1m的波浪出现的频率是多少?
下列关于纵向分工结构的说法中,不正确的是()。
Dufreeinternational,I【C1】________meetingyouandlearningabouttheposition.IamconfidentthatIwouldmakeastro
2014年父亲、母亲的年龄之和是年龄之差的23倍,年龄之差是儿子年龄的1/5,5年后母亲和儿子的年龄都是平方数。问2014年父亲的年龄是多少?(年龄都按整数计算)
下列说法不符合我国慈善法规定的是:
—个Access数据库不能大于【】字节。
—Ican’topenthetopofthisapplejuice.—______it.
最新回复
(
0
)